Matthew Stewart is an American philosopher and author currently living in the Boston, Massachusetts area. He is the author of The 9.9 Percent, Nature's God, The Management Myth, The Courtier and the Heretic, Monturiol's Dream, and The Truth About Everything. He graduated from Princeton University in 1985 with a concentration in political philosophy and was awarded the Sachs Scholarship from Princeton for study at Oxford University, where he earned a D.Phil. in philosophy in 1988. He worked as a management consultant prior to writing full-time.

Bibliography

YearTitlePublisherSubject
2024An Emancipation of the Mind: Radical Philosophy, the War over Slavery, and the Refounding of AmericaW. W. Norton & CompanySlavery in the United States
2021The 9.9 Percent: The New Aristocracy That Is Entrenching Inequality and Warping Our CultureSimon & SchusterWealth inequality, Distribution of wealth
2014Nature’s God: The Heretical Origins of the American RepublicW. W. Norton & CompanyPolitics of the United States
2009The Management Myth: Debunking the Modern Philosophy of BusinessW. W. Norton & CompanyManagement, Management consulting
2006The Courtier and the Heretic: Leibniz, Spinoza, and the Fate of God in the Modern WorldW. W. Norton & CompanyGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Baruch Spinoza
2004Monturiol’s Dream: The Extraordinary Story of the Submarine Inventor Who Wanted to Save the WorldPantheon BooksNarcís Monturiol
1997The Truth About Everything: An Irreverent History of PhilosophyPrometheus BooksPhilosophy

External links

  • The Official Website of Matthew Stewart
  • - The Atlantic, June 2006
  • Boughton, Philip Delves, - The Wall Street Journal book review of The Management Myth, August 5, 2009
  • , Ideas Roadshow, 2014
  • Stewart, Matthew, - The Wall Street Journal book review of The Golden Passport by Duff McDonald, April 21, 2017
  • Stewart, Matthew, - The Atlantic, June 2018
  • - The Objective Standard book review, September 20, 2018
  • Holzer, Harold, The Wall Street Journal book review of An Emancipation of the Mind, March 31, 2024